March 20, 2024

Ep.253 – Mortal Eclipse - The Sun Brings Evil Changes!

Ep.253 –  Mortal Eclipse - The Sun Brings Evil Changes!

As an eclipse approaches vampire Bella Taibon experiences unexpected consequences...

Mortal Eclipse by Rob Fields

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As an eclipse approaches vampire Bella Taibon experiences unexpected consequences...

Mortal Eclipse by Rob Fields

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Music by Ray Mattis http://raymattispresents.bandcamp.com

Executive Producers
Rob Fields
Mark Shields

Produced by Daniel Wilder

This episode sponsored by
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Life can seem pretty easy when you're
a master vampire like Bella Tabon. But

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what happens when you have some very
real weaknesses that are suddenly up front and

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center. Can you survive with all
the enemies you've made? As the moon

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covers the sun and you have nowhere
to hide? What's that you want to

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be scared to? Come with me? You will experience tales over opera,

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ghosts, and death. It is
not recommended at the foot of week at

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Heart, Heart listen, as in
the dark, it's more fun at that

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way way. This is Weekly Speaking. Hello, my spookys, It's Wednesday,

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and you know what that means.
It's time for a little spooky in

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your Weekly. I'm your host and
narrator, Enrique Kuto, and I am

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so happy to be here today with
you all as we take another journey over

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to Strickfield for a little celebration of
an eclipse. Now, I know a

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real eclipse is coming up in just
a few short weeks, but we like

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to be a bit ahead of the
curve here at Weekly Spooky, So we're

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gonna get to it in just a
moment. But before we get to the

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story, I want to say thank
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As we enter spring and summer,
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by Rob Fields, all about a
group of teenagers who decide to go camping

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on an abandoned campground and they find
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find the show. But now, Spookies,

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the moon is moving across the sun, and it's time we check in

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on Bella Tabon, and we'll do
that right after these quick words. Mortal

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Eclipse by Rob Fields. I was
sound asleep when I felt someone shaking me

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awake, Einstein. I yawned and
blinked a few times. Then I fully

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opened my eyes to see my older
brother Martin. What do you want?

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I grumbled. I can't find Bella
anywhere. I want to talk to her.

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She never came home last night.
I worked some overtime at mir and

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Automotive and didn't get home until late. Martin explained, Bella wasn't here.

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I looked all over the house for
her. I even went out back.

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I figured she was out fighting a
vampire or something. I woke up a

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little while ago, and she's not
here. She doesn't have a smartphone,

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so I can't text her. I
groaned, Well, what do you want

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me to do? Martin fired back, you can help find her, you

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little snippet. This was the sort
of thing you never saw between Martin and

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me until now. Martin and I
truly didn't get along with each other,

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and for good reason. Still,
after hearing Martin, I was worried about

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Bell's I didn't back down for Martin. Okay, I'll change clothes and go

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out and look for her. Does
that make mean Martin happy? I yelled.

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Martin wanted to grab me, but
he knew better. Instead, he

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took a deep breath. You know
Bella better than I. Do you know

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where she frequents? I gave Martin
an odd look. Has it ever occurred

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to you that maybe there's a reason
why Bells doesn't want to talk to you.

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For the record, she knows you're
sleeping around with other girls. I

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pointed at him, You two aren't
even in a relationship. I folded my

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arms in front of me. Even
though you're working so many hours and keeping

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up with your college work, you're
still out causing trouble. Martin pointed right

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at me. Don't you test me. I unfolded my arms and tightened my

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fists. Fuck you, it's because
of you that I'm sick. Martin got

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diffused fast and backed off. He
could never look me in the face after

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what happened that night, Martin sighed, Einstein, I just want to talk

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to Bella as long as she's staying
here with you. I think it's the

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least she can do. We both
know Bella's never liked being here in Strickfield.

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I'm beginning to wonder if she finally. I untightened my fists and got

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out of bed. I went to
my closet and gave it a quick once

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over. Martin quickly came up right
behind me. What are you doing,

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you little snippet? Martin always called
me a little snippet whenever I frustrated him,

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which made me laugh a little inside. Martin was only caring for me

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out of obligation. Far from that, there was no love lost between us.

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I quickly turned to Martin and glared
at him. No, Bell's didn't

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leave Strickfield, at least not for
good. Her things are still here.

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I pointed to the floor in the
closet. See those those are her eighties

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rebock pump men's basketball shoes. Bell
would never just leave those behind. I

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had to think about it a little
bit. But you're right, mean,

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Martin, He pointed right at me. You don't get to call me that,

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fuck you. I snap again.
He seemed ready to grab me again,

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but he backed off. Yeah,
he knows better. Then, I

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talked to him. It is strange
that Bell's isn't home on a Saturday morning.

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She usually comes and shakes me awake, so we can go have breakfast

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at Denoyer's grill. I look Martin
in the face. Fine, I'll change

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clothes and go look for her.
I have some ideas on where to find

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her. I pointed at him,
who knows, maybe if you're lucky,

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neither of us will come back home. I work all those hours for you,

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Einstein, he snapped, It's how
I afford your medications. He pointed

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right at me. You'd better start
showing me some fucking respect. You don't

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deserve any goddamn respect, I snapped
back, Now get out of my room.

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Martin growled and finally left. I
changed into regular clothes and grabbed my

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smartphone. I called for an Uber
since I couldn't drive, and waited.

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This road trip was probably going to
be expensive, but I was willing to

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pay it anything to get away from
mean Martin. At that point, I

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had the Uber driver take me to
some of the usual haunts Bells and I

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frequented Bells. Wasn't at any of
them. I even looked at the Neyer's

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grill. The place was packed full
of Strickfield High students who were having breakfast.

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I didn't see any sign of Bells, though I didn't think I would.

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You'd think she'd probably be here,
especially with that monstrous appetite of hers.

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See. Bell's is a master vampire, but a really unique version of

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one. She's the only one of
her kind who can walk in the daylight.

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She has many master vampire strengths and
none of their weaknesses. She's also

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the one vampire I know who doesn't
drink blood. No, she has to

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eat an incredible amount of food in
order to satisfy her immense hunger. Martin

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was right about Bells and Strickfield.
She hated the village, but Denoyer's Grill

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was the one place she truly loved. Here. People loved the food at

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Denoyer's, but Bell's really loved it. I had no doubt that Denoyer himself

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made money off her since she started
eating there almost regularly. But No,

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Bells wouldn't have come here on Saturday
morning without me, I mean us.

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Having breakfast here on Saturday morning was
a weekly ritual for us. The driver

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pulled away from the diner, I
had him take me to other places where

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Bells and I would hang out.
I even went down the big hill near

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the Castalia River to the cave where
we'd go sometimes to be alone. If

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anything, Bells loved the view there. You could see the big river and

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even some of Strickfield University. I
think that was why we went to a

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lot of places off the beaten path, just her and me. She loved

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her views. And then I suddenly
realized that I knew where Bells was.

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There was one more place that suddenly
came to mind, the one place that

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had the view. You want to
make some serious money, I asked the

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driver. What you got in mind? He asked quickly. It was dark

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when I reached the very top floor
of the tallest building in the huge megalopolis

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of Shore City. It was night, it was chilly, and it was

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quite windy up here. I came
out onto the roof through the doorway and

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found Bells there. I first came
to this place just before we left back

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in June, after my falling out
with Grandma. Donnerly took you long enough,

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iiny, Bell said, without even
looking my way. Bells, is

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everything, okay? I asked,
in concern. Martin wanted me to find

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you fuck him, She replied,
I got my own problems. What problems

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you're scaring me? She turned and
faced me. Something was quite different about

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Bells. Now. Usually she was
practically naked. I mean she had to

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keep enough of her skin exposed so
she didn't become too claustrophobic, which was

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part of her vampirism. But now
she was wearing some of my clothes,

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a pair of jeans, a Strickfield
High T shirt, normal shoes, and

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even her varsity jacket that the Strickfield
High cheerleaders wore. I was wearing mine.

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She didn't look the least bit ready
to shred her clothes. She even

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had sunglasses on. I just looked
at Bells. Are you okay? I

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mean, are you really okay?
As Bells came close to me, I

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could tell she'd been crying. Then
she pointed to the moon. I didn't

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mention this. I wasn't sure if
you'd heard about it or not. But

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we got a solar eclipse going on. This eclipse is the single biggest event

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to someone like me. I NEI, oh, I know about the solar

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eclipse. I pointed to my glasses
to show my lenses had transitioned dark.

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But what you don't know is that
the solar eclipse is the one time where

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I become as close to human as
I can possibly be. During the solar

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eclipse, I'm completely powerless. I
can be hurt and killed like an ordinary

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human being. Since I still have
Thornton Gillian's blood in my body, I

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found I'm still immortal for sure when
it comes to my aging process, and

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I still have to eat a ton
of food. I hit in all you

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can eat buffet Before I came here. You could have stayed at the house

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bells. I pointed out, why
come all the way to Shore City for

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the eclipse, because this is the
one time I'm most vulnerable. You and

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I both know Martin's been showing as
true colors as of late. I wouldn't

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put it past him to try and
take advantage of me as a human.

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I still have my training, but
Martin would piss me off to the point

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where I'd want to kill him.
No, Irony, it's better this way.

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We both leaned against a wall and
just looked out at the seemingly endless

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array of lights and huge bridges that
spanned the Big River. I love it

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up here. Heinie, Bells told
me, it's so beautiful up here.

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I can't think of a more perfect
place to wait out the eclipse. You're

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right, Bells, it is beautiful
up here. I glanced over at her.

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You know, I really envy you. Sometimes you can see the world

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over on account of you never getting
old. Took and held my hand.

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To be honest, being a fucking
vampire wasn't something I ever wanted. Unfortunately,

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I can't give this shit back.
All I can do is savor the

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one fucking eclipse that can make me
almost human again, if even for just

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a little while. What you'd rather
be dead? I asked with surprise,

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Bells squeezed my hand a little.
I should be long dead in my grave

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with my fucking kids. Continuing the
tabon line, she started crying softly again

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before she got mad. But no, I gotta both be a fucking immortal

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and the only tabon in existence.
Then she suddenly screamed out into the night,

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Fuck you Thornton, Jillian. If
it's the last mother fucking thing I

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do, I'll kill every last goddamn
one of your kind. When she calmed

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down, I glanced her way.
I'm so sorry. I whispered, Bells

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shook her head slowly. Don't be
fucking sorry. You didn't make me a

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monster. She glanced at me.
Now you're such a mousy little shit like

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your cousin Madeline. But I've really
come to fucking love you anyway. Trust

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me on this. You don't want
to be envying me. Being like me

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ain't all it's cracked up to be. I eat more food than a fucking

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billy goat, and I want sex
all the time. I even started fucking

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people at school. I loved to
fight when I was a mortal. Now

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that I'm tainted with Thornton Gillian's blood, I love it that much more.

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With all that comes with being me, you'd be very high maintenance. I

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really didn't know what to say to
Bells. She smiled a little. Don't

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worry, Iiny, You're definitely safe. Since I don't drink blood, that

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means I can't sire anybody. Bells
and I just looked at each other.

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Then I got a text from Martin
and showed it to her. Should I

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tell Martin I found you and you're
okay? She raised an eyebrow. We

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both know you don't want to drop
the act. I know you two don't

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get along. I know you hate
him, I nodded so much. He's

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the reason I'm sick. I replied
to Martin and lied about finding Bells.

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When he demanded to know where I
was, I shut the phone off.

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Bells put an arm around me and
gave me a gentle hug. I put

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an arm around her and hugged her
back. We were silent for a long

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moment before I asked, Okay,
Bells, what do you want to do

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while we wait out this eclipse.
Before Bells could answer, someone else answered

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for her. I've got a great
idea. How about the two of us

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beat the two of you to a
bloody pulp before we kill both of your

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fucking asses. Bells and I were
both surprised to see no mother fucking way.

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Bells cried, I fucking paralyzed you
two last winter. We didn't know

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which girl was Witch, since they
were identical twin sisters, but they were

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on either side of us. They
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ones that Bells and I wore at
Strickfield High. They were black with red

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trim and consisted of a mini skirt
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their tops both had a word embroidered
on them. The twin coming toward Bells

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had bitch, while the other coming
toward me had Vixen. They both had

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long, wavy blonde hair and glowing
red eyes. They were Alissa and Ali

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Miron. Bells fought those two and
their cheerleading squad back in January. They

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were a coven of witches who were
trying to turn themselves into vampires using something

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called old bloodstone that's old with an
E on the end. As far as

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we both knew, they hadn't completed
their transformations into vampires. To show us

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that they had, they vamped out
and raised their claws. The vixen twin

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laughed at Belle's comment, guess we
got the last laugh. Huh. The

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bitch one smiled an evil smile.
Here's what you didn't know. We,

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that is, Alyssa and me took
the power from the other cheerleaders ourselves,

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right, Alyssa agreed. We figured
you'd catch on to us somehow. Yeah,

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we learned who you were, Bella
Tabon. We put some extra old

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bloodstone inside our shoe soles. We
were able to complete our transformations into full

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vampires. After all, we were
coming to look for you too, Ali

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growled, we owe you for what
happened back in January. And what did

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we just hear? Alyssa squealed with
delight that you Bella Tabon are powerless during

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this eclipse. Ali's anger turned to
a squealing delight now, which means we

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can have all the fun we want
with you before we drink you up.

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Don't go away weakly, spooky,
We'll be right back, run iy,

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Bells yelled. The two of us
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it. I quickly pulled it shut
behind us and locked it. As we

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were at the bottom of the steps, we heard the door being ripped away.

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We can't outrun them, Bells told
me. Suddenly, one of the

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twins was right in front of Bells
to make sure she ran into her fist.

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Bells fell flat on her back.
Then the other twin had punched me

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right in the face to send me
falling on top of her. She really

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is powerless, Ali shrieked with delight. She was the one wearing bitch on

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her athletic top. Tab On had
there's a nosebleed that won't stop. Alyssa

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came up right next to her,
and if she can bleed like that,

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that means we can kill her.
Bells sat up. Yeah, play with

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your new fucking powers while you got
them. I may not be at full

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strength right now. I was amazed
to see Bells still show off her sinister,

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sexy smile. Suddenly, Bells struck. She quickly spun and got to

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her feet. Then she threw some
kind of powder at both of them.

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The mirror and twins screamed and shrieked
as they covered their faces. Bells quickly

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grabbed my hand and pulled me to
my feet. We gotta go itinie,

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I shrieked, as Bells and I
ran through some hallways. Bells led me

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down one stairway into an elevator to
go down a couple of floors down another

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stairway. Are they going to catch
us? Bells? I cried? Okay,

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yes, I was scared as holy
hell right now. Not that easily,

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but they probably will, bell said, truthful, I threw some powerful

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garlic essence in their faces. Graham's
family recipe. Their reaction confirms their full

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vampires. It doesn't look like they've
mastered their new powers fully. You expected

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those two I asked, no,
but when you have enemies out there,

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other vampires, you damn fucking sure
better be prepared. Bells and I managed

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to make it down a total of
twenty three floors before we were both finally

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taken down by two wolves. As
we turned around to fight the wolves,

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they both transformed back into the mirror
twins. Then they both lifted us up

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and threw us across the room.
We both crashed into cubicles, knocking over

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the walls. I know, I
ended up flat on my back on a

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desk. I didn't see where Bells
landed. I didn't have time to clear

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the stairs that I was seeing because
a twin snatched me up and threw me

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against some more cubicles. I cried
out as I knocked over some more walls.

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When I landed, it was on
the floor by a doorway. Bells

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landed right on top of me.
Shortly after. This is so much fun,

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Ali, Alyssa cheered. She was
wearing the vixen top. I know,

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and we're just getting started, Ali
replied. Then she picked up Bells.

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Come on, Tabon, fight us. Not so tough without your powers,

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are you. Bells gave Ali her
sexy smile. You mean you fucking

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airheads haven't figured it out yet.
Being powerless doesn't mean I'm helpless. Bell

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suddenly reached into her hair, pulled
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and threw them at each vampire.
The mer and twins screamed when the vials

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broke on their foreheads. They had
burns and boils where the liquid had splashed

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them. It's fucking holy water,
Alyssa yelled. Bells quickly yanked me to

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my feet, run ininy. We
both got out of those offices. Bells

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again held my hand as she guided
me through stairways for so many floors and

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then into elevators. We managed to
get down eleven more floors before the mirr

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and twins found us again. Alyssa
grabbed Bells and slammed her head into a

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nearby water cooler with enough force to
shatter the glass and get water everywhere.

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Then she picked Bells up and heaved
her through the glass window that was outside

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of an office. Ali grabbed me
and moved my arm behind my back,

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making me cry out in pain.
You're going to watch as your friend gets

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her ass kicked before we kill her. A leaned Donnarly but Bell's wasn't going

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to let Alissa just kick her around. She fought back and used some of

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her martial arts training that she had
accumulated during her travels around the world.

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Bells managed to draw blood from Alyssa, but it wouldn't be long before Alyssa

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would heal up. If anything,
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Ali threw me to the floor and
went to help her sister. Bells

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was taking on both of them.
Now. She showed both twins that she

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truly knew how to fight. Bell
wouldn't be able to beat both twins by

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just fighting alone, at least not
without her powers. I knew it would

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only be a matter of time before
Bells would be overpowered by both of them.

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I shrieked and leapt onto Ali's back. Ali quickly grabbed me and flipped

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me onto my back. Then she
pointed to Bells, stop right there,

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stop right there, or so help
me. I'll kill Aileen right goddamn.

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Now, Bells had no choice but
to stop fighting. Alissa got a cheap

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shot and on Bells that caused her
bloody nose to start up again and sent

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her falling flat on her back.
Then Alyssa uttered an incantation of some kind

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on Bells. After the spell was
completed, Alyssa gave a weird look.

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Whatever spell she had tried on Bells, it didn't work. I'm sure I

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recited the spell right, Alyssa complained, you did, Ali assured her sister.

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I don't know why it's not working
on her either. Bells laughed.

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I may be powerless during this fucking
eclipse, but I still have the vampire

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blood in my body. Hate to
tell you to fucking bees, but magic

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is the one thing that doesn't work
on me. It hasn't since I was

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transformed, and really, you were
going to try and turn me into an

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old crone before you killed me.
She flipped them both off. Not happening,

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Ali screamed with rage and rushed at
Bell's She managed to get out of

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the way, but Ali was still
too quick. She managed to grab Bell's

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arm and twist it so that it
snapped at the elbow. Bells screamed an

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agonizing pain before Ali kicked her in
the stomach. We need to do it

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now, sis, Ali yelled,
We have to destroy Bella tabon now.

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Alissa lifted me up and drove me
through a nearby office window. I landed

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on my back and was covered with
glass. I was in pain all over.

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I knew Alyssa had to be joining
her sister in double teeming bells.

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I managed to pull myself to my
feet to see the two of them just

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laying into bells. These two weren't
holding anything back. They were making Bells

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scream and pain as they battered and
broke her. When I say they broke

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her, I mean they broke bone
after bone. They kicked and punched her

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ribs, They broke her arms and
legs. They shattered her knee joints.

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They even made her face a crimson
mask. One of them even punched Bell

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in the face so hard that her
left eye came hanging right out of its

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socket. Bells was flat on her
back. Now the mirror and twins were

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standing right over her. Bet,
you don't have anything smart to say to

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us, now, Ali taunted,
do you. Even though Bells had been

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beaten and battered to the point that
definitely would have killed an ordinary human,

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Bells still managed to cling to life. In fact, she was actually laughing

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at the twins. Yeah, you
two can can both. Then she yelled,

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suck my mother fucking dick. Ali
turned to her sister, pull her

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up. Since she's still human,
I say we drink her dry, then

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we drink up her little friend.
Sounds good to me, Alyssa pard Bells

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laughed again. I wouldn't wouldn't do
that if I were you, but they

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ignored her. I tried to find
something to use as a weapon. But

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what the hell are you going to
find in a bunch of offices? I

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spoke too soon. I ran into
an emergency fire axe and broke the glass

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to grab the weapon. I rushed
at Alyssa to drive the axe in her

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back, but she turned and snatched
me by my throat. Then she grabbed

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the axe and tossed it away.
Now, you skinny little shit, you're

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going to watch as we drink up
your friend, Alyssa declared. After that,

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we're going to drink you up.
No, no, I wailed.

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Ali yanked Bells to her feet and
held her from behind as she sank her

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fan into Bell's neck. She gasped
as Ali drank her blood. After a

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little bit, Ali stopped, sis, it's delicious. I mean it's fucking

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scrumptious. I saved you enough so
you can feed the twins switched places.

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Then Alyssa drank from Bells, who
wasn't moving anymore. Now I couldn't help

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myself and began to cry Bells.
I shrieked. I knew I was going

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to be next, but my heart
felt really heavy at knowing that my best

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friend was likely dead. When Alissa
finished draining whatever was left of Bells,

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she threw her body off to the
side like it was a rag doll.

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Wow, you were right, Sis, that was the best blood we've ever

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tasted. Then she looked at me, aww. She mocked me by pretending

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to cry, poor little alien,
your big, bad vampire bestie is all

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dead now and now for our dessert. Now, for those of you who've

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been following along, you know I
usually don't get vulgar unless i'm really mad.

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Fuck you, fuck you, you
fucking bleach blonde pieces of shit.

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The twins both laughed scornfully at me. I mean, they laughed so hard

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I couldn't believe they really thought that
what I screamed was funny. When they

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collected themselves, Ali ran her tongue
up the side of my face. Oh

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you're so cute. I know.
If I were a guy, I definitely

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fuck you good, even if you
are a fucking geek with your squeaky little

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mouse voice and all. But like
I said, you get to be dessert

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now. Alyssa grinned, knowing these
vampires system were going to drain me the

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way they drained Bells. I stood
up boldly and looked Alyssa square in the

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eyes. Fuck you, I hope
you choke on me bone appetite, Alyssa

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said to Ali, you drink first
with pleasure. Ali replied gratefully. Suddenly

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it began to get windy indoors,
the twins looked puzzled. You heard ainy.

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A familiar voice said, that made
me shriek for joy. When the

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mirror and twins turned and saw Bell
standing there hole again, their looks of

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horror were priceless. Then Bell's told
them, fuck you. Bell's quickly removed

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her varsity jacket and grabbed both of
the twins, causing Ali to let me

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go. She threw them both at
a nearby wall. Then she turned to

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them. Two things. One guess
what's over? She raised her finger.

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That's right, you fucking mirror bees. The solar eclipse is finally fucking over,

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which means I'm fully restored, which
means I feel just fucking fantastic,

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and two, you're both gonna be
quite fucking dead. Very shortly, the

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twins both stood up. Oh what
what are you gonna do? Slaughter us?

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Alyssa sneered. Bells folded her arms
in front of her. As much

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as I'd like to for how you
hurt, iiny, I really don't have

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to. As a matter of fact, a soft sigh, I already killed

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you both. The twins just looked
at each other in confusion. Wait for

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it, Bell's murmured, Oh,
yes, I'd say, you both are

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starting to look like handmade shit right
about now. My jaw dropped when it

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looked like the twins were starting to
melt. They were both acting like it

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was very hot. Then they started
to scream in intense pain while they were

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still able to hear yet, Bells
explained, I told you not to drink

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from me, didn't I? The
second eclipse ended and I was fully restored.

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That means the blood you drank from
me also came alive in your systems.

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My blood doesn't allow me to utilize
magic spells. At the same time,

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it also disenchants things with magic since
you two were stupid enough to drink

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my blood. It's become the deadliest
of poisons to you. Now. We

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both watched as Ali and Alissa Mirn
melted away until they were nothing more than

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two disgusting piles of goop. Even
their bones and internal organs melted. In

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fact, all that remained were their
cheerleader uniforms. Suddenly, Bells started to

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feel very uncomfortable herself. She kicked
off her shoes and tore her clothes apart.

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By the time she was finished,
the clothes look like a tattered bikini.

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Once again, Bell's was unable to
wear a lot of clothing as part

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of her unique vampire nature. Bells
turned to me, Are you okay ininee?

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I hugged Bells to me tightly and
began to cry. I really thought

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they killed you. They did,
she confirmed, looks like Thornton Gillian's blood.

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Said otherwise, again, looks like
I'm still cursed to walk the earth

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as my own unique kind of master
vampire, So it looks like you and

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me are still attached at the hip. When I finished crying, Bells suggested

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we get the hell out of there
before the police arrived and head back to

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Strickfield. I snatched Bell's hand.
I'm ready to tell you everything now about

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what happened to me and why I'm
always sick. Bells gave me her undivided

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attention. I'm listening. When we
got in the door, Martin was overjoyed

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to see that I had brought Bell's
back home. He shot right to her

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and tried to hug her, but
Bell's quickly knocked him on his ass Ainie

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told me everything, Martin Bell said. She told me how you fucked a

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drunk chick at a high school party, Courtney Rickman. Was it anyway?

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She promised you there'd beheld to pay. When the alcohol wore off, Courtney

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and her friends came here to find
you. They broke in and found Iinny.

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Instead, Courtney's older brother raped Irony
to get back at you for taking

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advantage of her. The problem was
he had AIDS, which meant Iiny got

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aids. Bell's quickly lifted Martin to
his feet. I had never seen Bell

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so pissed off in my life.
You just couldn't keep your fucking dick in

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your pants, she continued, And
Irony has to pay for that with her

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fucking life, she vamped, out. Give me one good, fucking goddamn

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reason why I shouldn't kill your ass
Right here and now, Bells glanced at

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me. Is this what Grandma Donnerly
tried to tell me in June? Yes,

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I whispered sadly. Then I told
Bells, don't kill him. He's

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not worth it. How can you
say that, she demanded. It's not

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going to make me better. I'm
still going to die. Killing Martin won't

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change anything. Bells finally dropped him
and became human again. From now on,

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martin Inini's under my protection. You
fuck with her, I fuck with

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you. You got that. Bells
turned away from him. Let's get you

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into bed. I know you're not
feeling well. I didn't argue as Bells

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took me to my bedroom. I
felt so much better finally telling my best

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friend everything. I also felt safer
knowing she was there, But deep down

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I knew mean Martin would eventually strike
again with a vengeance. Well, my

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